What EU Health and Safety Framework Directive 89/391 - Employer Obligations, Risk Assessment, and Worker Rights requires
Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (the Framework Directive) is the cornerstone of EU occupational health and safety law. Article 5 imposes a general duty on employers to ensure the safety and health of workers in every aspect related to the work. Article 6 requires employers to implement preventive measures based on nine general principles of prevention, including avoiding risks, evaluating unavoidable risks, combating risks at source, adapting work to the individual, and giving priority to collective protective measures over individual protective measures. Article 9 requires employers to carry out a risk assessment of the hazards to safety and health of workers (including those facing particular risks), keep an updated record of the results, designate one or more workers to carry out protective and preventive activities, and arrange for first aid, fire-fighting, and evacuation of workers. Article 10 requires employers to provide workers with comprehensible and relevant information on the risks to their health and safety and the preventive and protective measures adopted. Article 11 requires consultation of workers or their representatives on all questions relating to health and safety at work. Directive 89/391/EEC applies to all sectors of activity, both public and private, with the exception of certain specific civil protection, armed forces, and police activities.
Pillar: Workplace · Authority: European Commission (DG EMPL); European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA); national health and safety authorities · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:31989L0391
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- Council Directive 89/391/EEC on introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (Framework Directive) - OJ L 183/1, 29.6.1989; applies to all sectors; employer general duty Article 5; nine principles of prevention Annex I
- Framework Directive Article 6 - employer obligations: implement nine general principles of prevention; coherent overall prevention policy; collective protective measures before individual; adapt work to the individual
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